Human Rights Center
Kevin Bales on Slavery in the Economy of the Anthropocene: Barbara Weinstock Lectures on the Morals of Trade
Alumni House, The Toll Room University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United StatesMarch 14, 2023, 4:10 pm - Lecture with Kevin Bales March 15, 2023, 4:10 pm - Panel Discussion About this Lecture: Crucially, in the 20th century, the links between slavery, conflict, environmental destruction, economics, and consumption, began to both strengthen and evolve. The availability of people who might be enslaved dramatically increased in line with population […]
Kevin Bales on Slavery in the Economy of the Anthropocene: Barbara Weinstock Lectures on the Morals of Trade
Alumni House, The Toll Room University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United StatesMarch 14, 2023, 4:10 pm - Lecture with Kevin Bales March 15, 2023, 4:10 pm - Panel Discussion About this Lecture: Crucially, in the 20th century, the links between slavery, conflict, environmental destruction, economics, and consumption, began to both strengthen and evolve. The availability of people who might be enslaved dramatically increased in line with population […]
Navahine v. Hawaiʻi: Climate’s Big Win
OnlineThe Settlement of Navahine v. HDOT with Our Children’s Trust Online event Register for Zoom webinar here Navahine v. Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation is the world’s first youth-led constitutional climate case aimed at stopping climate pollution from transportation systems. The plaintiffs and Our Children’s Trust have secured a landmark settlement requiring Hawaiʻi to achieve zero […]
White Helmets: Justice & Accountability for Crimes in Syria
100 Law BuildingThe White Helmets, formally known as the Syrian Civil Defense, are a grassroots humanitarian organization made up of ordinary Syrians who came together to save lives amidst the devastation of the Syrian Civil War. They provide critical emergency services such as medical care, ambulances, firefighting, early warning alerts, unexploded ordnance removal, and search and rescue […]
Ayotzinapa: Ten Years Searching for Truth and Justice
100 Law BuildingOn September 26, 2014, 43 students in Guerrero, Mexico were detained and disappeared by police in collusion with organized crime, leading to massive national and international protests and worldwide media attention. The investigation (and attempts to cover it up have) has persisted for 10 years and remains unfinished, as parents of the students continue to […]
Archiving Memory in Law: 40 Years After the 1984 Sikh Massacres
141 Law Building2024 marks 40 years since the Indian Army’s siege and massacres across Punjab in June 1984, and the anti-Sikh genocide that spread across India that November. The deadliest decade for Punjab and Sikhs ensued, with enforced disappearances, secret prisons, suspension of habeas corpus, and terror. Since then, the Sikh community, lawyers, human rights investigators, and […]
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